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Name the fil-um

GrazGraz
edited February 2012 in Chit chat
I don't hold much hope for this, as I can't even remember the story, just images.

Okay, here we go.


It's.... a horror film, sort of. Maybe family-friendly?

It's in an old spooky house.

There's an attic. Reminds me of Amitiville: The evil escapes.

It's about a door. What's behind the door?

There's a girl in it. Is she back home?


And to give away the ending... Oh my gosh, the parents are aliens / dopplegangers.


Please, I want to see this film again. Must be from 1999-2007
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  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited February 2012
    Is this the one where the "parents" are "stuck" in the house, i.e. they can't leave it because there is a curse/interdimensional security gate/otherwise lock engaged?

    Can't remember the name of it though, sorry :-(
  • thx1138thx1138
    edited February 2012
    well I presume it's not The Attic or Aliens in the Attic.

    so dunno
  • minimad1972minimad1972
    edited February 2012
    is it "The people under the Stairs" ?
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited February 2012
    Graz wrote: »
    snip!

    Please, I want to see this film again. Must be from 1999-2007

    From that description it sounds like the dates should be more like between 1979-1987 :D

    Does the door end up with a bleeding slice across it at any point?
    Every night is curry night!
  • MartynCMartynC
    edited February 2012
    My best guess would be Skeleton Key, from 2005?
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397101/
  • GrazGraz
    edited February 2012
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    Is this the one where the "parents" are "stuck" in the house, i.e. they can't leave it because there is a curse/interdimensional security gate/otherwise lock engaged?

    Can't remember the name of it though, sorry :-(


    Oooh, yeah... that's it... OOOOOOHHHHHH What was it?! HHnnnggghhhhh.
    minimad1972 wrote: »
    is it "The people under the Stairs" ?

    Nope, like that film tho. Very mad indeed. :D
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    From that description it sounds like the dates should be more like between 1979-1987 :D

    Does the door end up with a bleeding slice across it at any point?

    Nope, much more recent. Don't think so.

    MartynC wrote: »
    My best guess would be Skeleton Key, from 2005?
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397101/

    Oh my golly gosh.... YES, that's it! YESSSSS! Wonderful man, well done. Gonna buy it now! Hurrah.
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited February 2012
    Graz wrote: »
    Oooh, yeah... that's it... OOOOOOHHHHHH What was it?! HHnnnggghhhhh.

    ...

    Oh my golly gosh.... YES, that's it! YESSSSS! Wonderful man, well done. Gonna buy it now! Hurrah.

    Hmmm, amazingly enough it is the same one I had in mind but didn't remember the name of
    Spoiler:
  • GrazGraz
    edited February 2012
    Ordered now. :) Thankyou all!
  • milemile
    edited February 2012
    there was some film in the 70s where this family was stuck in a house and when they opened the door it looked like they were encased in metal. at one point green goo came down the chimney.

    you kinda watched it just to see what happened at the end, and it was possibly the most stupid ending ever. :razz:
  • GrazGraz
    edited February 2012
    mile wrote: »
    there was some film in the 70s where this family was stuck in a house and when they opened the door it looked like they were encased in metal. at one point green goo came down the chimney.

    you kinda watched it just to see what happened at the end, and it was possibly the most stupid ending ever. :razz:


    Good job that old films don't have endings like old games.

    "Congraturation, you have seen the end of film. Well done."
  • milemile
    edited February 2012
    Graz wrote: »
    Good job that old films don't have endings like old games.

    "Congraturation, you have seen the end of film. Well done."

    they just loop back to the start only, playing slightly faster. :razz:
  • SpookySpooky
    edited February 2012
    mile wrote: »
    there was some film in the 70s where this family was stuck in a house and when they opened the door it looked like they were encased in metal. at one point green goo came down the chimney.

    you kinda watched it just to see what happened at the end, and it was possibly the most stupid ending ever. :razz:

    That would be a hammer house film called Childs Play. I remember watching it when I was a nipper and it's one of those films that I keep remembering every now and again. Like you say though the ending was stupid but I remember the film gave me nightmares when I was young but looking at it now (on youtube) it really is quite silly.
  • milemile
    edited February 2012
    Spooky wrote: »
    That would be a hammer house film called Childs Play. I remember watching it when I was a nipper and it's one of those films that I keep remembering every now and again. Like you say though the ending was stupid but I remember the film gave me nightmares when I was young but looking at it now (on youtube) it really is quite silly.

    yeah that was it, it could have been a 'tales of the unexpected'

    or one of those creepshow segments.
  • thx1138thx1138
    edited February 2012
    Amityville 3 has a pretty stupid ending. It's a crumby film, but worth a watch for cheap laughs.
  • VincentACVincentAC
    edited February 2012
    thx1138 wrote: »
    Amityville 3 has a pretty stupid ending. It's a crumby film, but worth a watch for cheap laughs.
    All the Amityville's are crumby except the first one. That's only slightly crumby :p
    Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens.
    I don’t think I have the stomach for it.
    --Raziel (Legend of Kain: Soul Reaver 2)

    https://www.youtube.com/user/VincentTSFP
  • fogfog
    edited February 2012
    you sure it's not stonkers ? :)
  • GrazGraz
    edited February 2012
    VincentAC wrote: »
    All the Amityville's are crumby except the first one. That's only slightly crumby :p

    Amityville Dollshouse is rather fab for a cheapy. Oh, and I love the idea of the lamp in number 4/5, but the film dragged quite a bit.
    thx1138 wrote: »
    Amityville 3 has a pretty stupid ending. It's a crumby film, but worth a watch for cheap laughs.

    But there was a bit in that which I found really freaky, where the camera scans an old photo, to reveal a demon face thingy. Eek! Okay, it probably looks crap now though!
  • joefishjoefish
    edited February 2012
    mile wrote: »
    they just loop back to the start only, playing slightly faster. :razz:
    You've seen Triangle then? :D
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
  • Dr BEEPDr BEEP
    edited February 2012
    fog wrote: »
    you sure it's not stonkers ? :)
    Definitely not!
  • milemile
    edited February 2012
    joefish wrote: »
    You've seen Triangle then? :D

    that tv show?

    im sure there have been a few films that kinda loop back to the start, like the characters are trapped in a vicious circle. there certainly have been plenty where the horror plot has implied that the events will all happen again to another set of victims.
  • MartynCMartynC
    edited February 2012
    VincentAC wrote: »
    All the Amityville's are crumby except the first one. That's only slightly crumby :p
    I've sat through all NINE Amityville movies and I think the best by far is the second one. Pretty creepy, with adult themes, and all the expected horror cliches: blood coming out the taps, beds spinning around, doors slamming etc. Some nice gory effects work too, at the end.

    It was downhill from there. Part 3 was rated PG (in the States, it was a '15' in the UK), and after that they were all TV/DVD movies. The worst one was The Amityville Curse (the fifth one). I swear, nothing AT ALL happens in the entire movie.
  • joefishjoefish
    edited February 2012
    mile wrote: »
    that tv show?
    Bermuda-Triangle based time-looping horror movie I have a thing for. Disshelved bint has a bit of a breakdown trapped on a spooky ship as her friends get bumped off over and over again. Quite good - worth getting a bargain DVD or watching out for on the free film channels. Don't look for trailers on-line as the US ones as usual spoil all the better bits.

    Ignore all the tossers who say it's derivative of Timecrimes (Los Cronocr?menes). It is a bit, but then that's European barking-mad home-made farce filmmaking rather than a well-paced horror movie. Plus it's not afraid to wander on and off the strict interpretations of time-travel to slightly unsettling effect.
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
  • Jumping StackJumping Stack
    edited February 2012
    MartynC wrote: »
    I've sat through all NINE Amityville movies and I think the best by far is the second one. Pretty creepy, with adult themes, and all the expected horror cliches: blood coming out the taps, beds spinning around, doors slamming etc. Some nice gory effects work too, at the end.

    It was downhill from there. Part 3 was rated PG (in the States, it was a '15' in the UK), and after that they were all TV/DVD movies. The worst one was The Amityville Curse (the fifth one). I swear, nothing AT ALL happens in the entire movie.

    After that experience, why did you actually watch films 6, 7, 8 and 9?
  • MartynCMartynC
    edited February 2012
    Jumping Stack wrote: »
    After that experience, why did you actually watch films 6, 7, 8 and 9?
    Because there's always a small chance you might stumble upon a gem. Didn't happen in this case (although IIRC the seventh one - A New Generation - was quite good).

    A good case in point:

    Howling - Classic :smile:
    Howling 2 - So bad it's good :smile:
    Howling 3 - Just bad :oops:
    Howling 4 - Silly :-(
    Howling 5 - Dull :cry:
    Howling 6 - Surprisingly decent :-o
    Howling 7 - Awful :mad:
  • GrazGraz
    edited February 2012
    MartynC wrote: »
    Because there's always a small chance you might stumble upon a gem. Didn't happen in this case (although IIRC the seventh one - A New Generation - was quite good).

    A good case in point:

    Howling - Classic :smile:
    Howling 2 - So bad it's good :smile:
    Howling 3 - Just bad :oops:
    Howling 4 - Silly :-(
    Howling 5 - Dull :cry:
    Howling 6 - Surprisingly decent :-o
    Howling 7 - Awful :mad:


    At last, someone who feels the same way about the howling series as me! :D Happy now.
  • VincentACVincentAC
    edited February 2012
    MartynC wrote: »
    Howling 6 - Surprisingly decent :-o
    :lol:

    I've seen the first one or two and I've just got VI on DVD from a mate who bought it not realising he already had it :lol:
    Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens.
    I don’t think I have the stomach for it.
    --Raziel (Legend of Kain: Soul Reaver 2)

    https://www.youtube.com/user/VincentTSFP
  • 1980-20..1980-20..
    edited February 2012
    I watched army of darkness yesterday, been meaning to watch it for years.

    It was blummin brilliant.
  • GrazGraz
    edited February 2012
    Yep, Howling 6, the Freaks is a pretty decent film. I was... pleasently confused about that!
  • AndyCAndyC
    edited February 2012
    joefish wrote: »
    Bermuda-Triangle based time-looping horror movie I have a thing for. Disshelved bint has a bit of a breakdown trapped on a spooky ship as her friends get bumped off over and over again. Quite good - worth getting a bargain DVD or watching out for on the free film channels. Don't look for trailers on-line as the US ones as usual spoil all the better bits.

    It's a cool film, though you end up needing to watch it again because it only even starts to make sense a second time. And I'm still not entirely convinced that it does then either.
  • WhenIWasCruelWhenIWasCruel
    edited February 2012
    i think it doesn't make sense at all.
    1987 ZX reviews
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